I've mentioned a few times that Rob is traveling for work these days (more details on that later!), which means that our weekends are extra-special now.

On Friday we slept in before grabbing a late breakfast/early lunch at 7th Street Public Market, which is one of our favorite places in Charlotte. We got nitro cold brews and I had a breakfast burger. Rob always gets this thing called "The Chicken and the Egg" from Local Loaf and it is amazing--it's kind of like an egg Benedict but with fried chicken and a biscuit instead of an English muffin. So delicious.

Saturday morning we dropped Ender off at daycare and headed to Norfolk, Virginia for a wedding. It was a lot of driving in two days, but it was nice to see some college friends and we had a great time visiting Rob's aunt, uncle, and cousins who live in the area.

I went to a food photography workshop the other day which encouraged me to finally try to start taking some photos outside of my automatic setting. We'll see! I usually get too impatient and just switch it back. Patience is a virtue that I don't really have very much of.

I've been really bad about not bringing my camera with me the past few months, so now I'm starting to carry it all the time. Hopefully I'll have more photos to share with you here on the blog--I used to love that!

It feels a little weird to be constantly counting down the days until Rob gets home--it's been a while since we did the long distance thing and I'm trying to remind myself that it always takes a little bit of adjusting. Working from home and being on my own all evening gets a little lonely though, even with Ender, so I'm trying to be better about scheduling some time with friends, since I can sort of be a hermit if I don't have anything planned for a while.

How was your weekend? I hope you had a good one!

Happy Friday! Rob got in around 10 last night and we ordered pizza, which was delivered right after we got home from the airport. We sat outside with a citronella candle while Ender ran around our backyard and lightning bugs flickered. It has been so hot here in Charlotte--at 11PM it was still in the high 80s and super humid. I kind of hate how hot it gets down here, but there is something magical about a muggy summer night, especially when there's pizza.

We're headed out of town early tomorrow morning for a wedding, but we both have some work to do before then (as well as some oysters and cocktails with our name on them later tonight in Uptown), so until then, I wanted to share a few links for your weekend:

This dress looks so comfy and light that I want to wear it every day this summer. I just might! This one, too.

17 Refreshing Cocktails You Need To Make This Summer. I'll take one of each.

Donald Trump Is Dead Wrong About the "Good Guy with a Gun" Theory -- a Ballistics and Firearms Expert Explains Why. I used to think this, as embarrassing as it might be to admit. But it just makes no sense.

Iwan Rheon is musically talented--who knew? The man can act, that's for sure--it took me a few seconds to not be unnerved seeing his face on my screen. 

Maybe I'm not fashionable enough to understand this but can someone explain to me why these shoes are so expensive?

I'm really into this Instagram account. Paleo recipes inspired by takeout dishes? Yes please. (Gimme the sweet and sour chicken.)

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What are you up to this weekend? Hope you're staying cool wherever you are!

I am absolutely obsessed with rowing since joining my new gym and I'm totally looking in to joining a rowing club at some point so I can try it out on the water sometime.  

I'm usually home all day but never charge my phone. Anytime Rob is around he always has to remind me to plug it in.

I've been rewatching lots of Friends episodes lately and I think Phoebe is my favorite.

I have an appointment at my hair salon today to go even lighter and I am so excited about it. Also in December I chopped 5-6 inches off and immediately regretted it, even though my hair was super long. For the longest time I was going darker and darker, but it's been fun to experiment a bit this past year or so.

I know every word to the song "Miami" by Will Smith. It's embarrassing.

I've gotten rid of approximately one big bag of clothes every month for at least the past year and I still have more things in my closet than I know what to do with. 

What are some things I might not know about you?

Photo by Virginia Ashley Photography.